Laura Dern
- Acting
- February 10, 1967 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
Laura Elizabeth Dern (born February 10, 1967) is an American actress. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, an Actor Award, a BAFTA Award, and five Golden Globes. Born to actors Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd, Dern embarked on an acting career in the 1980s and rose to prominence for her performances in Peter Bogdanovich's Mask (1985) and in David Lynch's films Blue Velvet (1986) and Wild at Heart (1990). She received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as the orphan Rose in the drama film Rambling Rose (1991), and received her first Golden Globe for her performance in the television film Afterburn (1992). She achieved international recognition for her role as Ellie Sattler in Steven Spielberg's adventure film Jurassic Park (1993), a role she reprised in the sequels Jurassic Park III (2001) and Jurassic World Dominion (2022). After winning two Golden Globes for her performances as Katherine Harris in the television film Recount (2008), and Amy Jellicoe in the comedy series Enlightened (2011–2013), Dern garnered her second Academy Award nomination for her performance as the mother of Cheryl Strayed in the biopic Wild (2014). She portrayed Renata Klein in the drama series Big Little Lies, winning a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe, and reunited with Lynch for Inland Empire (2006) and Twin Peaks: The Return (2017). She had supporting roles in the films Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), Little Women (2019), and Marriage Story (2019). Her performance as a divorce lawyer in Marriage Story won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, along with the corresponding BAFTA Award and Golden Globe. Description above from the Wikipedia article Laura Dern, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern
- Skip Intro · Self
- Is This Thing On? · Tess Novak
- The Making of Jay Kelly · Self
- Jay Kelly · Liz
- Caught Stealing · Hank's Mom (uncredited)
- Welcome to Lynchland · Self
- SNL50: The Homecoming Concert · Self
- Carole & Grey · Laura Dern
- Behind the Lines · Self
- Lonely Planet · Katherine Loewe
- Palm Royale · Linda Shaw / Penelope Rollins, Executive producer
- OZI: Voice of the Forest · Seema (Voice)
- 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony · Self
- Common Ground · Self
- The Endangered Generation? · Self
- Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love · Self
- Tiny Beautiful Things · Executive producer
- The Son · Kate
- Joyce Carol Oates: A Body in the Service of Mind · Voice
- Halftime · Self
- Jurassic Greatest Moments: Jurassic Park to Jurassic World · Self
- Jurassic World Dominion · Ellie Sattler
- Sheryl · Self
- A Night at the Academy Museum · Self
- The White Lotus · Abby (Voice)
- If Anything Happens I Love You · Executive producer
- The Way I See It · Producer
- The Making of "Marriage Story" · Self
- Crazy, Not Insane · Literary Voice of Dorothy Lewis (Voice)
- Grizzly II: Revenge · Tina
- Little Women · Marmee March
- Marriage Story · Nora Fanshaw
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- Marriage Story: From the Pages to the Performances · Self
- Trial by Fire · Elizabeth Gilbert
- J.T. LeRoy · Laura Albert
- Cold Pursuit · Grace Coxman
- The Director and the Jedi · Self
- The Force of Sound · Vice-Admiral Holdo (archive footage)
- The Tale · Jennifer
- Downsizing · Laura Lonowski
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi · Vice Admiral Holdo
- The Number of Completion · Self
- The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair · Self
- A Bloody Finger in Your Mouth · Self
- Spielberg · Self
- Bobbi Jene · Self
- The Good Time Girls · Clementine
- The Words That Built America · Self
- The Black Ghiandola · Doctor
- Wilson · Pippi
- Big Little Lies · Renata Klein
- The Founder · Ethel Kroc
- Blue Velvet Revisited · Self
- Certain Women · Laura
- F is for Family · Sue Murphy (Voice)
- f is for family kick · Sue Murphy
- 99 Homes · Lynn Nash
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter · Self
- Bravetown · Annie
- The Late Late Show with James Corden · Self
- Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt · Wendy Hebert
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors · Self
- Wild · Bobbi Grey
- When the Game Stands Tall · Bev Ladouceur
- The Fault in Our Stars · Frannie Lancaster
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- 9 Kisses · Woman on Bench
- Off Camera with Sam Jones · Self
- Trespassing Bergman · Self
- Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten · Tina (archive footage)
- Drunk History · Nellie Bly
- Call Me Crazy: A Five Film · Director
- The Mindy Project · Dr. Ludmilla Trapezikov
- The Master · Helen Sullivan
- Change Begins Within
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen · (archive footage)